Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 1133 · Decided 14 December 2016
Greaves Cotton Limited v. United Machinery and APPLIANCES.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 1133 · [2016] 12 S.C.R. 193
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 12066/2016
- Decided
- 14 December 2016
- Bench
- JASTI CHELAMESWAR, PRAFULLA C. PANT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Arbitration Act Section 5, 8
Headnote
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 - s.5 rlw s.8 - Re­ spondent filed a civil suit seeking decree towards loss and damage suffered by it on account of alleged breach of contract on the part of the appellant - High Court issued summons - In respoilse, appellant filed application seeking . statement and invoked arbitration clause by sending a letter to the respondent - Respondent objected to invocation of arbitration on ground of pendency of civil suit in High Court - Thereafter, appellant filed application u/s. 5 rlw s.8 to get dispute referred to arbitral tribunal - High
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